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H. G. MARTIN ET AL n BEARING r' Filed Feb; 19, 1924 f. SLA/vento@ r/warm Patented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES A PATENT oFE1cE.- i

HAROLD G. MARTIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND MICHAEL H. N IEHTGIRG,l

F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNORS TO MARTIN & NEWGIRG, INC., 0F BALTI- MORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION 0F MARYLAND,

BEARING;

kApplication led February .19, 1924. Serial No. 693,872.

This invention relates to an improvement in bearings designed more particularly for use in connection with locomotives, and con structed with a view to avoiding serious obn 5 jections ypresent in the standardized type of such bearings.

Ordinarily bearings of this character have their relatively outer or bd'x engaging surfaces yof the saine material as the bearings, l0` ordinarily known as brass and this whether the bearing is of the solid brass type or whether such bearing contains an embedded reinforce of a different metal to protect the bearing against breakage. These bearings,,particularly in the case of the crown bearing, are forced into the box under great pressure, and as the outer brass surface of the bearing is naturally much softer than the metal of the box, there is a shearing action of this brass material of the bearing as it is forced into the boX, which of itself results ordinarily in a perfect lit when the bearing is first` applied. However, the constant pounding to which these bear.- ings and particularly the crown bearing is subjected in action,tends to gradually comn press the brass material, with the result that the fit of the bearing inthe box is properly maintained for a comparatively short period yof use. There is another and important reason forv this lack of proper lit `following a short use of the bearing, in thattlie bearing box, ordinarily of steel, is in the ordinary type of bearing brought into direct contact with the brass on the outer surface of the bearing'. This places in contact two metals of widely divergent coeiiicients of exansion and contraction, and as the bearing liecomes heated in use and cooled. following use, there is an alternate varied expansion and contraction of the metals forming the bearing and box and a consequent looseness in the lit of the bearing.

It istherefore one of the principal objects of the present invention to provide a brass bearing, otherwise'standard, with a metallic reinforce of a strengthening metal, and permit this reinforce to form, wholly'or in part, the relativelyv outer surface of the brass bearing. The reinforce is formed with openings, through which the brass. flows in casting to intimately connect the reinforce and brass, but the essential object is the utilization of the reinforce, preferablyk a steel plate, that is, of similar material to that of the boX, as a direct bearing surface against.

the metal of the boX. Thus when the bearing is forced into position, as in a crown bearing, or otherwise applied as in the con-- nectingrod or the bearings or bushings for the'parallel rods, the contact between the brass bearing proper and the boX` is that olirectly resultant from close engagement of exact-ly similar metals, softhat under the lhigh spot causes a pounding ofthe bearing.

The invention is also designed to take care of this object by providing the crown bearing particularly, and others where necessary,

with a longitudinally extending recess of` appreciable deptlncut inthe inner surface of the bearing to eliminate metal throughout the area where, in theordinary bearing, the high spot is formed. ,l This provision permits the bearing to wear true even under the usual play, as the metal which would otherwise tend to forni thehigh spot is en`- tirely eliminated, and the spindle rolls `true tliroughout'the full bearing surface of the bearing.y This recess or fchannel *..while primarily for kthe purpose `lof. avoidingv the high spot, is also of service in receivingand storing, either indirectly or as a result of direct application, a quantity of lubricant for the bearing. i

As previously stated, crown bearings are applied to the box under great pressure,-as much as thirty tons pressure being used, and as thesebearings are extremely heavy, it is, in connection with the standardized bears ing, a tedious and lengthly operation tol remove these bearings, necessitating the removing of thefwheels in 'practically every instance. The present invention aims also to utilize the `reinforce as a means forasf sisting in removing the bearing, to thereby permit the removal of the bearingwithout removal of the wheels. Furthermore, the reinforce projection utilized in connection with the removal of the bearing is yalso, in the present invention utilized as a means for fixing the bearing against possibility of lateral displacement, thereby permitting the bearing to remain effective notwithstanding a wear therein, which would otherwise tend to a looseness, anda possible displacement of the bearing. n Y

The invention in its application to bearr ings designed particularly for use in locomotives, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a view in elevation showing a crown bearing constructed in accordance with the present invention and in place in the box;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. f

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the ciown bearing.

Referring more particularly to Figs. l, 2, and 8, wherein a crown bearing is shown, such bearing comprises a metallic reinforce l, preferably of steel or similar metal, formed with openings 2, arranged in any regular or irregular order, and in any relative size or sizes, through which the material 3 isfadapted to now in the cast-ing of the brass with the reinforce in forming they bearing, It will be particularly noted "from Fig. 2 of the drawings that'this reinforce section l provides the direct surface bearing against the inner surface 4l of the box 5,.

and that as preferred this reinforce metal l is of similar material to that of the box, usually steel. The box and bearing are of standard formation, in that the bearing receiving; surface of the box has the usual shoulders 6, with which the end edges of the bearing'engage when the bearing is forced into position.

As previously described, the use of the lcrown bearing of standardized form, usually results in a high spot longitudinally of thel bearing at the highest point thereof, and to avoid this high spot, the improved bearing is formed with a longitudinally extendf ing recess 7, throughout this high spot area, which recess is preferablythough not neces-y sarily of slightly greater width and depth at the inner end of the bearing than at the outer end, as clearly shown in Fig. Q.

To provide for convenient removal of the bearing, the reinforce l is extended at the inner end of the bearing beyond the brass and box to provide a flange S, and this flange is formed with a series of openings 9, which in addition to receiving the connection of the turn buckle ordinarily employed in removing the bearing is also adapted to vprovide a means for fixing-the bearing as a whole with relation to the box against displacement without regard to the loose` ness resulting from wear. For this purpose,

ythe box 'may be provided with an E -shaped strip 10, the lateral portion yof which isl designed to overlie and Contact withr the rein`V `force flange y8 when thebearing is in place,

the lateral portion of this strip beingy formed scribed, it will be noted that the bearingy when applied has that surface adapted to contact with the surface ofthe box of substantially the same material as that of the box, with the result that when the bearing is forced into position, there is lsecured a most intimate frictional engagement of these metals, and more particularly as the bearing-cheats' and cools, there is little liabilityof the separation ofthe -reinforce and contacting metal of the box, as the coefficients of expansion and contraction of `these materials is substantially the same.

Furthermore, the provision of the krecess 7 by eliminating the metal'which is otherwise subjected to less wear yand 'the resultant' formation of ya high spot, causes the bearing to wear true and absolutely pre-` vents the high spot formation. This recess is also conveniently adapted for the accu` mulation orreception of a suitable lubricant toy assist inthe lubrication vof the bearing. The provision of the flange 8 as an extension of the reinforce provides for the removal of the bearing without the lnecessity of removingthe wheels, the only requirement being to ack up the. bodyfrom the wheel spindle andexert a sufficient pull upon the bearing through appropriate means connected in the openingsl '9. of the reinforce flange 8. This flange 8 also serves as a means for positively fixing the bearing'against longitudinal displacement under any conditions of wear or use, and in this connection it may be `preferred to'provide additional securing means, such for example, as threaded bolts 13 which are trapped into openings formed at y the juncture of thelower edges yof the bearing and the box, these openings being of course partly formed in thebearingvand partly in the box. y

Of course it is to be understood that/the reinforce has the desired and important function' of sofstrengthening the brass as to prevent fracture vof the bearing in use. Standardized bearings lconstructed wholly of brass having comparatively short life, incident in the crown bearings to the fracture of the brass and inthe connecting rod bearings and bushings to such wear, as to render them too loose to provide safe operation. The reinforce tends to" prevent this complete fracture of the bearing and also tends to prevent undue wear which would tend to a looseness of the bearing. It may be, and frequently has occurred in practice, that the brass material of the bearing becomes fractured or cracked under strain, but as the reinforce resists fracture or cracking, the fracture or cracking of the brass material per se is of little moment in the effectiveness of the bearing as such, and bearings have` been used in actual tests for many thousands of miles fully effective and passing all Government and other inspections with the brass material proper cracked entirely through, the reinforce remaining intact and holding the brass proper in its original formation notwithstanding that it may be separated completely through.

Claims: l. A crown'bearing for locomotives or th like, having a longitudinal recess formed in its bearing surface at substantially thepeak of the bearing, said recess'being of increasing width and depth toward the inner end of the bearing, the crown bearing compris- 1 ing a reinforce plate and a brass section intimately associated in casting, the reinforce plate being etxended beyond the end of the brass section to provide a flange for use in withdrawing the bearing from the box.

2. A crown bearing for locomotives or the like, having a longitudinal recess formed in its bearing surface at substantially the peak of the bearing, said recess being of increasing width and depth toward the inner end of the bearing, the crown bearing comprising a reinforce plate and a brass section intimately associated in casting, the reinforce plate being extended beyond the end of 'the brass section to provide a flange for use `in withdrawing the bearing from the box, said reinforce plate forming substan tially the outer surface of the bearing.

8. A crown bearing for locomotives or thel vlikephaving a longitudinal recess formed in "its hearing surface at substantially the peak of the bearing, said recess being of increasing width and depth toward the inner end kof the bearing, the crown bearing comprising a reinforce plate and a brass section intimately associated in casting, the reinforce plate being extended beyond the end of the brass section to provide a flange for use in withdrawing the bearing from the box, and means whereby said fiange may be secured to the box. 4L. A crown bearing for locomotives or the like, having a longitudinal recess formed in its bearing surface at substantially the peak of the bearing, said recess being of increasing width and depth toward the inner end of the bearing, the crown bearing comprising a reinforce plate and a brass section intimately associated in casting, the reinforce plate being extended beyond the end of the brass section to provide a Hangs for use in withdrawing therbearing from the box, a strip secured tothe box and having a lportion to overlie and engage the flange, and means yfor connecting said flange and strip.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

HAROLD G. MARTIN. [n s] MICHAEL H. NEWGIRG. [n s.] 

